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Thahiya Thasleem V S – Appellant
Versus
State Of Kerala, Represented By Principal Secretary, Department Of Health And Family Welfare – Respondent
ORDER :
C.S.Dias, J.
The writ petition is filed, inter alia, to quash Note 3 in Exts. P5 and P5(a) certificates and declare that the petitioners have to undergo the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship only for one year as per Ext.P4 regulation.
2. The petitioners have averred in the writ petition that they had undergone a Master of Medicine course at the Odessa National Medical University, Ukraine, equivalent to the MBBS course in India. The petitioners did their six-year graduation programme from June 2016 to May 2022. The petitioners had completed their curriculum in full, with 360 ECTS credits, including practical training. After completing the course, the petitioners appeared for the screening test conducted by the National Medical Commission (5th respondent) and passed the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in December 2022. As per Regulation 5 of Ext.P5 National Medical Commission (Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship) Regulations, 2021 (‘Regulation’, for brevity) promulgated by the 5th respondent, the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship (‘CRMI’, for short) shall not be less than 12 months and has to be completed within two years. Schedule 2 under Regulation 4 requires
The court upheld the two-year internship requirement for foreign medical graduates, emphasizing the necessity of adequate practical training due to pandemic-related disruptions.
The eligibility of Foreign Medical Graduates for one-year internships can be determined by verifying their compensatory studies conducted offline, as specified by National Medical Commission guidelin....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the applicability of NMC (CRMI) Regulations of 2021 on Foreign Medical Graduates, emphasizing the requirement for completing internship in approved....
The National Medical Commission's authority to enforce a two-year internship for Foreign Medical Graduates with online class attendance is justified under the regulations to ensure public health and ....
(1) Grant of Medical Degree – National Medical Commission is not bound to grant provisional registration to student who has not completed entire duration of course from Foreign Institute including cl....
A clinical clerkship is required for foreign medical graduates to ensure quality in healthcare delivery.
Insofar as Eligibility Certificate is not institution specific and insofar as first respondent has no case that dehors institution in which petitioner has undertaken medical course, petitioner was no....
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